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that surge for mitt romney. now just three weeks remaining, 21 days until americans go to the polls. it is "your voice, your vote" and our team is on the ground at hofstra university in new york, so let's start with abc's jake tapper and what the president is going to bring tonight, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. well, campaign sources for both campaigns tell me that romney and obama have rehearsed for this potentially tricky town hall format with aides throwing them random questions jumping from topic to topic looking for ways to bond with the undecided voters who will make up the audience in this theater in the round behind me. >> reporter: at a williamsburg resort president obama put on a confident face between a workout and a 45-minute debate prep. how do you feel about tonight? >> i feel fabulous. >> reporter: what are you going to say? then he ignored a question about the attack on the diplomatic post in beng ghazi, libya. a smile cannot be your umbrella in every storm. he knows he has to step it
that surge for mitt romney. now just three weeks remaining, 21 days until americans go to the polls. it is "your voice, your vote" and our team is on the ground at hofstra university in new york, so let's start with abc's jake tapper and what the president is going to bring tonight, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. well, campaign sources for both campaigns tell me that romney and obama have rehearsed for this potentially tricky town hall format with aides throwing them...
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president obama and mitt romney meeting in the second of their three debates tonight. audience members will get to ask questions in the 90-minute event. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says she is responsible for any security lapses that led to that deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. republican lawmakers counter saying the buck actually stops with the commander in chief. >>> and the pakistani girl who was targeted after speaking out against the taliban is listed in stable condition this morning at a hospital in england. her recovery is to take months. >>> quick look at waet. a passing shower in northern new england and south florida. showers around the great lakes. thunderstorms in southern texas. and a wet day in the northwest. >>> finally this tuesday morning, smoldering, spicy, and hotter than curry, what judges saw last night on "dancing with the stars." glad i clarified there. >> glad you did. and the all-stars pulled it through injuries and illness. and cost tomb crackups. more from george pennacchio. >> reporter: gilles marini and petra murgatr
president obama and mitt romney meeting in the second of their three debates tonight. audience members will get to ask questions in the 90-minute event. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says she is responsible for any security lapses that led to that deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. republican lawmakers counter saying the buck actually stops with the commander in chief. >>> and the pakistani girl who was targeted after speaking out against the taliban is...
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mitt romney expecting to see a very different president obama this time around. >>> the historic jump of flying felix baumgartner, safely back on earth after breaking the sound barrier in a fall from the edge of space. >>> and new treatment this morning for the pakistani girl targeted by the taliban after tens of thousands took to the street to show share support. >>> and a controversial call that helped the tigers take a big lead in the series against the yankees. needless to say, the home team didn't like it at all. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin this monday with the race for the white house and brand new released poll providing a new snapshot of a very close race. >> increasingly close. it all comes with eyes on two big dead looins. one day until the big presidential debate. and 22 days to go until election day. november 6th. tahman bradley is falling it all from washington. >> reporter: the candidates understandhe stakes. that's why they have been huddle with ed ed with advisers gearing up. president obama and mitt romney are preparing for round two, tomorrow night's second
mitt romney expecting to see a very different president obama this time around. >>> the historic jump of flying felix baumgartner, safely back on earth after breaking the sound barrier in a fall from the edge of space. >>> and new treatment this morning for the pakistani girl targeted by the taliban after tens of thousands took to the street to show share support. >>> and a controversial call that helped the tigers take a big lead in the series against the yankees....
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romney were thinking pink. it may have been a fluke or possibly a salute to breast cancer awareness month. >>> and last night, the story going viral with tens of thousands of hits on facebook. it's about a couple in georgia who are battling cancer together. first, dolly stringer was diagnosed with breast cancer. so, she shaved her head before beginning chemo. her husband, bud, shaved his head. that's when an aggressive form of skin cancer was found on his scalp. if his cancer was not found, he would have died by christmas. they are both continuing with treatment. and their doctors say their prognosis is good. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, we're back with the latest couple forced to >> for everyone else, we're back with the latest couple forced to say good-bye. there's one attery more emergency workers trust in their maglites: duracell. one reason: duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. so, whether it's 10 years' of life's sunny
romney were thinking pink. it may have been a fluke or possibly a salute to breast cancer awareness month. >>> and last night, the story going viral with tens of thousands of hits on facebook. it's about a couple in georgia who are battling cancer together. first, dolly stringer was diagnosed with breast cancer. so, she shaved her head before beginning chemo. her husband, bud, shaved his head. that's when an aggressive form of skin cancer was found on his scalp. if his cancer was not...
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to be seen as credible and keep romney's momentum going. in most battleground states, the race is essentially tied, and obama's lead in ohio appears to be narrowing. ryan has only previously participated in around eight debates for his congressional seat. the vice president has run for president twice, debating 16 times, plus squaring off against sarah palin for the gig he has now. >> can i call you joe? >> reporter: biden has been cramming, studying ryan's positions and the book, "young guns," the book that the congressman co-wrote, looking for fodder. >> i just want to make sure when i say these things that i don't have the congressman saying, "no, no, no, i don't have that position." >> reporter: though he is known for gaffes and verbosity, the structure of the debates seems to help him, forcing him to be concise and stick to script. >> he's fast on the cuff. he's a witty guy. he knows who he is and he's been doing this for 40 years. >> reporter: in addition to watching clips of the vice president's many debates, ryan has studied news cl
to be seen as credible and keep romney's momentum going. in most battleground states, the race is essentially tied, and obama's lead in ohio appears to be narrowing. ryan has only previously participated in around eight debates for his congressional seat. the vice president has run for president twice, debating 16 times, plus squaring off against sarah palin for the gig he has now. >> can i call you joe? >> reporter: biden has been cramming, studying ryan's positions and the book,...
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>> well, i don't need to send a message to mitt romney. i think he will once again be very well prepared. he, you know, he makes a good power point presentation. i look forward to seeing him. >> he says taking him on. on issues like legal abortion. during the primaries governor romney said he would look to see a repeal of roe v. wade. yesterday in an interview he said there is no legislation with regard to abortion that i am familiar with that would become part of my agenda. your campaign has called that a lie. >> look -- diane, this is another example of governor romney hiding position he's has been campaigning on for a year and a half. >> is it a lie? >> governor romney made very clear that -- if a bill comes to his desk that over turns roe v. wade that he will be fully supportive of that. he said i will appoint justices that will overturn roe v. wade. and now, four weeks before an election, he is trying to cloud the question when it comes to -- women's rights to control their own health care decisions. the one thing i think people, repu
>> well, i don't need to send a message to mitt romney. i think he will once again be very well prepared. he, you know, he makes a good power point presentation. i look forward to seeing him. >> he says taking him on. on issues like legal abortion. during the primaries governor romney said he would look to see a repeal of roe v. wade. yesterday in an interview he said there is no legislation with regard to abortion that i am familiar with that would become part of my agenda. your...
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mitt romney is a car guy. let me tell you about the mitt romney i know. this is a guy, who i was talking to, a family in massachusetts the other day. cheryl and mark nixon. their kids were hit in a car crash, four of them, two of them, rob and reed, were paralyzed. the romneys didn't know them. mitt asked if he could come over on christmas. he brought his boys, his wife and gifts. later on, he said, i know you're struggling, mark, don't worry about their college, i'll pay for it. when mark told me this story, because, you know what, mitt romney doesn't tell these stories. when he told me this story, he said it wasn't the help, the cash help, it's that he gave his time and he has consistently. this is a man who gave 30% of his income to charity. more than the two of us combined. mitt romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of americans in this country. and with respect to that quote, i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes, the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> i always say what i mean. and so does romney. >> we want
mitt romney is a car guy. let me tell you about the mitt romney i know. this is a guy, who i was talking to, a family in massachusetts the other day. cheryl and mark nixon. their kids were hit in a car crash, four of them, two of them, rob and reed, were paralyzed. the romneys didn't know them. mitt asked if he could come over on christmas. he brought his boys, his wife and gifts. later on, he said, i know you're struggling, mark, don't worry about their college, i'll pay for it. when mark told...
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romney accusing mr. obama of taking too long to refer to the attack as a terrorist strike, the president pointed out that he used the words "acts of terror" the very next day in a rose garde speech. candy crowley initially backed up the president's account yet also defended romney's accusations of mixed signals from the administration. with more on what's at stake in the aftermath of the attack here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: growing questions and political controversy are still raging over the deaths of the americans in libya. >> the president and the vice president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. >> reporter: in last week's vice presidential debate, vice president joe biden said the white house was unaware of security requests from state department officials in libya who had told congress of those requests just the day before. >> and they wanted more security there. >> well, we weren't told they wanted more security, again,
romney accusing mr. obama of taking too long to refer to the attack as a terrorist strike, the president pointed out that he used the words "acts of terror" the very next day in a rose garde speech. candy crowley initially backed up the president's account yet also defended romney's accusations of mixed signals from the administration. with more on what's at stake in the aftermath of the attack here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: growing questions and political controversy...
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mitt romney held debate sessions. his camp knows they will see a different president obama tuesday night. >> the president can change his style, his tactics, he can't change his record. >> reporter: while the debate about the debeate was the talk. and the obama campaign is filling ohio airwaves using actor morgan freeman. >> four years later our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. >> reporter: and this week, bill clinton and bruce springsteen are in ohio campaigning for the president. ♪ yes i am >> reporter: big names aimed directly at the undecided voters in a critical battleground state. how important is ohio? well mitt romney was there four days last week. he is expected to return later this week to try and cut into the president's lead in that all-important state. david kerley, abc news, the white house. >>> thank you, david. the lead has been cut into. looking at poll numbers over the weekend. this thing has gotten so tight. even in some battlegrou
mitt romney held debate sessions. his camp knows they will see a different president obama tuesday night. >> the president can change his style, his tactics, he can't change his record. >> reporter: while the debate about the debeate was the talk. and the obama campaign is filling ohio airwaves using actor morgan freeman. >> four years later our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. >> reporter: and this week,...
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mitt romney and president barack obama will hold the second debate at the university in long island, a town hall format answering questions from voters who haven't yet to commit to which candidate they will support. >> both candidates have to tread lightly. because if they are going on the offense too aggressively with each other, that can trickle over to the audience and make them look too combative. >> the p was criticized following the first debate. aids say he made adjustments for tonight. >>> if you are watching the debate, at 9:00 tonight, you are not registered to vote, you are out of luck. today is the last day to do it and the deadline is at 9:00. one of the easiest places to register is at the m va. we will post the list of other places to go, it will be available on the website. while you are there, read up on the big issues in mailed maryland. >>> stay with us, seeing animals on the side of the road, nothing new? for some drivers, they may have panicked when they saw this. every time someone chooses finish over cascade, it sparks a movement. look ! no ugly spots ! and see
mitt romney and president barack obama will hold the second debate at the university in long island, a town hall format answering questions from voters who haven't yet to commit to which candidate they will support. >> both candidates have to tread lightly. because if they are going on the offense too aggressively with each other, that can trickle over to the audience and make them look too combative. >> the p was criticized following the first debate. aids say he made adjustments...
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mitt romney has done 23 this year. >> mitt romney has had more practice on the debates because of the primary campaign. we'll get to all that this morning. and a big headline overnight from secretary of state hillary clinton. for the first time, coming forward and verbally taking responsibility for the deadly attack in libya. that killed the u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. we'll hear from her in just a few moments. a big political football on capitol hill. >> absolutely. and go game-on, people. we're in the first edition of the male model for one of everybody's favorite game shows. "the price is right." >>> the big debate. >> thank you, lara. >> i cannot wait to meet rob. just 21 days to go. the pressure on the president this time. jake tapper is at hofstra where the candidates are square off. good morning, jake. >> reporter: good morning, george. president obama referred to the race as tied. but in some polls, mitt romney has a slight lead. it makes the second debate far more important than president obama could have anticipated. president obama is hunkered d
mitt romney has done 23 this year. >> mitt romney has had more practice on the debates because of the primary campaign. we'll get to all that this morning. and a big headline overnight from secretary of state hillary clinton. for the first time, coming forward and verbally taking responsibility for the deadly attack in libya. that killed the u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. we'll hear from her in just a few moments. a big political football on capitol hill....
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you heard of a fair deal, you heard of a square deal, romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. we are not buying it. >> watch and engage monday as president obama and mitt romney meet in their final debate moderated by bob schaefer from win university in boca raton, fla.. debate preview followed by the debate at 9:00 and your reaction at 10:30 live on c-span2 and c-span radio and c-span.org. >> after an entrepreneur hassina sherjan discusses her education of afghan women and girls. they left the country for the u.s. after the russian invasion. she also started a home accessory business that employs afghans. from the woodrow wilson center this is an hour. >> the director of the program at the wilson center, back to welcome you all to today's meeting, how to protect women and girls when america leaves afghanistan focusing on education. i was coming down the stairs with our speaker, she said the problem is not only protecting girls but also protecting girls and boys and make sure they have access to education this meeting is sponsored by the centers asia program and women's leader
you heard of a fair deal, you heard of a square deal, romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. we are not buying it. >> watch and engage monday as president obama and mitt romney meet in their final debate moderated by bob schaefer from win university in boca raton, fla.. debate preview followed by the debate at 9:00 and your reaction at 10:30 live on c-span2 and c-span radio and c-span.org. >> after an entrepreneur hassina sherjan discusses her education of afghan women and...
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the romney camp is firing back, a senior adviser says he was stunned by mr. obama's romnesia remarks. and on the campaign trail romney tried to turn the attacks on the president. >> have you been watching the obama campaign. they have no agenda for the future, no agenda for america, no agenda for a second term. it's a good thing they won't have a second term. they have -- they have been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. just watch it, the obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign. >> i forgot what i was going to say. it could be a taste of what we will see monday night in the 3rd and final debate. and we'll have special live coverage beginning at 6:00 on cbs 5. >>> the 15-year-old pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban is out of a coma and communicating. she's being treated in england where she was a message for the world. british doctors released this photo 10 days after the taliban put a bullet in her head. doctors say the 15-year-old is out of a coma and on her feet. >> she's doing very well, she was standing with hel
the romney camp is firing back, a senior adviser says he was stunned by mr. obama's romnesia remarks. and on the campaign trail romney tried to turn the attacks on the president. >> have you been watching the obama campaign. they have no agenda for the future, no agenda for america, no agenda for a second term. it's a good thing they won't have a second term. they have -- they have been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. just watch it, the obama campaign has become the...
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a new usa today poll shows romney is leading in the swing states. among likely voters he's got a 51% and president obama is down at 46%. 3% remain undecided. in the nonswing states in washington d.c. the race is a bit tighter, romney 49%, obama 47% and joining us now via the telephone to talk about this new polling and the numbers that have to be troubling for the obama campaign, susan page, usa today washington bureau chief. welcome. first is this still all about the president's poor showing in last week's debate? >> it's about, derek, his poor showing and romney's good one. you know, i think that pollsters on both sides of the political aisle tell us that that prompted some voters who were not friendly to romney to take a second look at him and that includes particularly some women voters. in this new swings states poll we have romney and obama even among women in the swing states monday those most likely to vote and that's a real change from before. >> yeah. that's a big deal because romney is still running ahead when it comes to men. the preside
a new usa today poll shows romney is leading in the swing states. among likely voters he's got a 51% and president obama is down at 46%. 3% remain undecided. in the nonswing states in washington d.c. the race is a bit tighter, romney 49%, obama 47% and joining us now via the telephone to talk about this new polling and the numbers that have to be troubling for the obama campaign, susan page, usa today washington bureau chief. welcome. first is this still all about the president's poor showing...
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romney doesn't really have any plan. all this stuff except for the bad ones like privatizes social security, all the stuff in his hocus-pocus, his economists that developed his 12 million new jobs plans now 10 million are bogus. so he's running a hocus-pocus campaign here. but he has to be called on it and then pivot to say what you would do. >> i want to talk about the town hall debate style format. it's happened before. we might get a surprise question that could really change things. >> you could. depends on exactly how the format does. real town meetings is where you you get up and say anything you want. the real problem is when people ask questions. and then there's the town meetings where the questions are screened which means the moderator will look at the question. if there are ten questions identical, they'll sort of com pain them. if there's one that uses a lot of bad language, that will get then out. so that's not really an unexpected question if it comes through the moderator. may be unexpected to the candida
romney doesn't really have any plan. all this stuff except for the bad ones like privatizes social security, all the stuff in his hocus-pocus, his economists that developed his 12 million new jobs plans now 10 million are bogus. so he's running a hocus-pocus campaign here. but he has to be called on it and then pivot to say what you would do. >> i want to talk about the town hall debate style format. it's happened before. we might get a surprise question that could really change things....
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governor romney? he was always saying we need to revert row wade and now he is saying not even that. people says whatever it suits him depending on whether he is appealing to the hard right. mr. moderate mitt that we haven't seen for months. >> you know, listen, to what he is referring to as far as is there piles of specific legislation that he is going to point to? the fact is, he is always has been an he is committed to being a pro life president and committed to the fact that we will not be funding planned parenthood to fund abortions and committed to the mexico city legislation so that it is being used to perform abortions and he is a pro life president and he is proud of it. you are taking that sound byte and referring to piles of legislation sitting in congress and it is much to do about nothing. this president hasn't performed and he is chasing every rob it down the trail making this about his own record and the miserable condition about the economy. >> it comes down to trust. therefore we have
governor romney? he was always saying we need to revert row wade and now he is saying not even that. people says whatever it suits him depending on whether he is appealing to the hard right. mr. moderate mitt that we haven't seen for months. >> you know, listen, to what he is referring to as far as is there piles of specific legislation that he is going to point to? the fact is, he is always has been an he is committed to being a pro life president and committed to the fact that we will...
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the ad suggests romney would be tougher on sesame vaccinate than wall street. >> in iowa yesterday romney surprised his views on the attack in benghazi. >> it touch me as i recognized this young man that i thought was so impressive had lost his life in the service of his fellow men and women. >> romney has used the attack on the u.s. consulate to criticize president obama's foreign policy. >>> today congress opened a hearing into the benghazi attack as the state department offer its most detailed description of what happened. one state department official said it was never concluded protest over an anti-islam video triggered the attack which contrast earlier accounts. today's hearing is to focus on security issues at the consulate including efforts to rescue chris stevens from a safe-haven inside the building. >> reporter: the u.s. compound in benghazi now sits empty and abandoned. if the men who attacked these buildings on september 11th used heavy weapons there's few signs. over every window there's evidence of the billowing smoke that killed four americans. inside post it notes cling t
the ad suggests romney would be tougher on sesame vaccinate than wall street. >> in iowa yesterday romney surprised his views on the attack in benghazi. >> it touch me as i recognized this young man that i thought was so impressive had lost his life in the service of his fellow men and women. >> romney has used the attack on the u.s. consulate to criticize president obama's foreign policy. >>> today congress opened a hearing into the benghazi attack as the state...
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well, today romney told the "denver post": >> pelley: jan crawford is covering the romney campaign. jan, that's new. >> reporter: well, scott, this marks the first time that romney has said he's not going to take away the two-year visas from the people holding them. campgnrces say he's not going to extend them and romney said in the interview that's not going to be necessary because he's going to be ointerm immigr. but this two-year visa program is popular with hispanics, that's a group that could decide the election and romney's got to make up some ground. there's a new cnn poll that has the president with 70% of the vote among hispanics compared to romney's 26%. romney is hitting the president hard on immigration. he's saying he's playing politics with this issue, he's passing what he called a stopgap measure, this two-year program, instead of passing long-term reform like he promised four years ago. scott you can expect to hear more of this in the debate tomorrow night. >> pelley: jan, thanks very much. cbs news will bring you live covegef e debate tomorrow night beginning at 9:0
well, today romney told the "denver post": >> pelley: jan crawford is covering the romney campaign. jan, that's new. >> reporter: well, scott, this marks the first time that romney has said he's not going to take away the two-year visas from the people holding them. campgnrces say he's not going to extend them and romney said in the interview that's not going to be necessary because he's going to be ointerm immigr. but this two-year visa program is popular with hispanics,...
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mitt romney teamed up with chris christy on the campaign trail in ohio. if romney loses ohio, he would have to win almost every other swing state to make it to the white house. the president knows that as well and spent tuesday in ohio and there criticked his performance in a radio interview, saying he had been too polite. the vice presidential debate is next. biden is an experienced debateer. >> he has been doing this 40 years. i hope to present people with a clear choice. >> ryan has been trying to down play expectations. voters believe he will do better than biden. you can watch the debate here on channel 9 at 9:00 and we will stream it on our website, wusa9.com, and follow the notion of us -- blogs of usa debaters. and we'll check the facts with our fact checking team. >>> were they lies or untruths? whatever was said by the state department following the embassy in ben gaze is not true and some tough talking members of congress want to know if there was a coverup. here are the details of a hearing that ignited fury on both sides of the debate. >> rep
mitt romney teamed up with chris christy on the campaign trail in ohio. if romney loses ohio, he would have to win almost every other swing state to make it to the white house. the president knows that as well and spent tuesday in ohio and there criticked his performance in a radio interview, saying he had been too polite. the vice presidential debate is next. biden is an experienced debateer. >> he has been doing this 40 years. i hope to present people with a clear choice. >> ryan...
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mitt romney has been a severely conservative candidate for president. now that he notices that the policies could make sure he does not have is a chance of being elected, he is trying to hide who he is and what he stands for. we won't let him get away with it. >> when it comes to trust, though, we're watching the hearings on the libya attack. and there is no doubt, now, there is an issue on the trust with the white house and the statements that came out from the various ambassadors and so on, what do you make it? what it a scandal? should heads roll? >> well, first of all, piers, president obama knew ambassador chris stevens, knew him personally and was s appreciative of his work. as president of the united states, that diplomat core works for him. and he nominates those ambassadors. so what we need to do when the united states has been attacked, when the americans have been killed while serving our country, we don't need to have mitt romney and the republicans in congress taking their first instinct, being to take cheap political shots -- >> hold on a
mitt romney has been a severely conservative candidate for president. now that he notices that the policies could make sure he does not have is a chance of being elected, he is trying to hide who he is and what he stands for. we won't let him get away with it. >> when it comes to trust, though, we're watching the hearings on the libya attack. and there is no doubt, now, there is an issue on the trust with the white house and the statements that came out from the various ambassadors and so...
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sharp contrast to a daily tracking poll which puts romney ahead by seven points. both sides are keeping their schedules light today so they can prepare for the third and final debate monday. >>> remind third and final presidential debate is set for next monday. it will be held in florida. with a focus on foreign policy the debate starts 6 p.m. you can watch it live here. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >>> all those clouds, cooler conditions are on the way even rain as we head towards sunday night into monday i'll update you on our forecast. >>> plus new area code coming to the bayer that weekend how it will change the way some people dial. >>> she has been dubbed lucky penny. meet the bay area resident who won the abc 7 $49,000 giveaway. >>> the bay area gets a new area code tomorrow along with change in the way you dial. the number is 669 it will serve the 408 area code in the south bay officials say they have to do to meet increasing consumer demand. starting tomorrow people living inside 408 must dial 1 plus the area code and number to
sharp contrast to a daily tracking poll which puts romney ahead by seven points. both sides are keeping their schedules light today so they can prepare for the third and final debate monday. >>> remind third and final presidential debate is set for next monday. it will be held in florida. with a focus on foreign policy the debate starts 6 p.m. you can watch it live here. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >>> all those clouds, cooler conditions...
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mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan are focusing on another battleground state, florida. thursday night they got a brief break from campaigning and had a little fun at each other's expense. >> reporter: the president's remarks are brought to you by the letter o. and the number 16 trillion. >> reporter: romney also took a swipe at the press. >> i've already seen early reports from tonight's dinner. headline, obama embraced by catholics. romney dies with rich people. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the two candidates will spend the weekend hunkered down preparing for their third and final debate. president obama offered a little preview. >> on monday's debate is a little bit different because the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert -- we got bin laden. >> reporter: the president also took a shot at his republican challenger's wealth. >> earlier today i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. >> reporter: monday's debate will be voters' last chance to compare the candidates side by side before election day.
mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan are focusing on another battleground state, florida. thursday night they got a brief break from campaigning and had a little fun at each other's expense. >> reporter: the president's remarks are brought to you by the letter o. and the number 16 trillion. >> reporter: romney also took a swipe at the press. >> i've already seen early reports from tonight's dinner. headline, obama embraced by catholics. romney dies with rich people. [...
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this featured mitt romney as mr. romney's neighborhood. president obama was demoted to a part-time mailman. >> money is sort of like paper you can use to buy things you want. like toys and yachts. you may wonder, where does money come from it comes for a magical place called our parents. now fal lon, the kid knows how to bring fun any. >> and his hair is great, too. it looks just like mr. rogerses. well done. join us tonight. have a great day everybody. >> that's what makes the show so good. >> i have to dvr it. >> check it out. we'll see you tomorrow.
this featured mitt romney as mr. romney's neighborhood. president obama was demoted to a part-time mailman. >> money is sort of like paper you can use to buy things you want. like toys and yachts. you may wonder, where does money come from it comes for a magical place called our parents. now fal lon, the kid knows how to bring fun any. >> and his hair is great, too. it looks just like mr. rogerses. well done. join us tonight. have a great day everybody. >> that's what makes...
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the first one an aggressive effective romney and obama didn't show up. it was as though it was one of his national security briefings. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> callista and i talked about it before hand and made the point if romney was as effective there as he was with me, he would be fine. nobody could have predicted the empty suit that was exhausted and incompetent he that obama was. was a different event. i think the biggest thing and callista has known paul since he has come to washington. here s a guy who was two years old when biden was elected to the u.s. senate. he spent 90 minutes as his equal and i think there is no question that paul ryan comes out of there as a bigger person than the guy who walked in that room and in addition, i think biden lied so much and was so weird i mean it was sort of a -- [ laughter ] >> it was the vice president as bozo the clown. so i think -- [ applause ] >> if you watch what is happening now, the things that biden said that were false are just to their credit this time the media is not letting go of this stor
the first one an aggressive effective romney and obama didn't show up. it was as though it was one of his national security briefings. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> callista and i talked about it before hand and made the point if romney was as effective there as he was with me, he would be fine. nobody could have predicted the empty suit that was exhausted and incompetent he that obama was. was a different event. i think the biggest thing and callista has known paul since he has come to...
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meanwhile, romney is preparing in his massachusetts home tonight. you can watch the debate live on abc7. you can go to our website. you can give us your instant reaction to the debate. leon? >> usually there is football talk around the water cooler. but we are going to start today with felix baumgartner and his 23-mile long plummet to earth. it was incredible. we have more reaction to that crazy jump. >> 8 million watched it live on youtube. it turns out it was not some evil can evil dare devil like studs. -- evil can evil -- evil kneviel their double stunt. >> felix baumgartner landed in the history books. never had anyone jump from that height. never hadnyone broken the sound barrier without an aircraft. at the smithsonian, folks were still buzzing about. >> i thought it was spectacular. you have got to admire the guy and his huge courage to do a. >> i was like, oh, my god. i do not think anyone can do that. >> but is there any more to it than the wow factor? experts say that's his jumped in help scientists learn about high altitude rescue. >> tha
meanwhile, romney is preparing in his massachusetts home tonight. you can watch the debate live on abc7. you can go to our website. you can give us your instant reaction to the debate. leon? >> usually there is football talk around the water cooler. but we are going to start today with felix baumgartner and his 23-mile long plummet to earth. it was incredible. we have more reaction to that crazy jump. >> 8 million watched it live on youtube. it turns out it was not some evil can...
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hasn't helped romney. but the fact is again, it's the insurance companies paying for this. not the catholic church and obama is polling well among catholics. >> we're talking about the political calculus here. and like i said, he won women big in 08. lost them big in 2010. so he needed to get them back. hence all of this scare tactics. remember, look, it's so degrading to give this message to -- i agree, he's had a lot of success in these scare messages. but women's issues are every american's issues. jobs and the economy. that's something romney has to say i don't care if you're a man or woman. i'm going to give you a healthy jobs market. that rebounds to the benefit of everybody, men and women. >> is it degrading to say women want free stuff and they'll buy whatever obama puts out and they're not paying -- >> free birth control. >> is that significant to women that they vote because they want free stuff? >> bill: don't you think it was degrading for a 30-year-old georgetown woman demand that they -- >> i
hasn't helped romney. but the fact is again, it's the insurance companies paying for this. not the catholic church and obama is polling well among catholics. >> we're talking about the political calculus here. and like i said, he won women big in 08. lost them big in 2010. so he needed to get them back. hence all of this scare tactics. remember, look, it's so degrading to give this message to -- i agree, he's had a lot of success in these scare messages. but women's issues are every...
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ryan said last night to governor romney was a car guy. well, if they had an elevator stack i guess he was. >> today the campaigning continues the post debate campaigning has already kicked into high gear. >> we're going to level the playing field. it's time to acknowledge what got us into this trouble in the first place. >> the vice president defends the status quo. >> that's a bunch of ma larky. the. >> paul ryan care about each and every american. >> stop caring about how you care about people. show me something. >> the table is now reset. >> with the v.p. debate now over. >> who gets to hit the panic button next? >> with 25 days until the presidential election, the obama re-election campaign is seizing on this statement by paul ryan in last night's debate. >> if the romney/ryan ticket is elected, should those who believe that abortion should remain legal be worried? >> we don't think that unelected judges should make this decision, that people through their elected representatives, in reaching a consensus in society through a democrati
ryan said last night to governor romney was a car guy. well, if they had an elevator stack i guess he was. >> today the campaigning continues the post debate campaigning has already kicked into high gear. >> we're going to level the playing field. it's time to acknowledge what got us into this trouble in the first place. >> the vice president defends the status quo. >> that's a bunch of ma larky. the. >> paul ryan care about each and every american. >> stop...
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mitt romney did not have a bad performance. he had one very nice moment in the debate where he took off where the president failed. this was the president's night and it's is going to cause democrats to breathe a sigh of relief. i wouldn't expect this to have the same effect as the first debate. mitt romney used that first debate to raise himself to the presidential level but it stops the bleeding for democrats. ultimately it's likely to rally the democratic base. >>> as we reported the third and final presidential debate will be held next monday in boca raton, florida. cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer is the moderator and you can watch it right here on cbs. >>> yesterday the supreme court cleared the way for early voting in ohio for three days prior to the election. the state's republican election chief wanted to end early voting for several days before the election except for members of the military. the court ruled early voting must be offered to everybody. >>> the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya w
mitt romney did not have a bad performance. he had one very nice moment in the debate where he took off where the president failed. this was the president's night and it's is going to cause democrats to breathe a sigh of relief. i wouldn't expect this to have the same effect as the first debate. mitt romney used that first debate to raise himself to the presidential level but it stops the bleeding for democrats. ultimately it's likely to rally the democratic base. >>> as we reported...
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mitt romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. we are not buying it. >> ohio has benefited from billions of dollars in bailouts for the auto industry. it has won mr. obama a lot of support. >> that affects one in 8 jobs in ohio. i don't think that you can be from ohio and talk about jobs without recognizing that. >> i think that we have some momentum. this will be like a square rather than a wheel. away from the liberal college campuses, they're not so convinced. in a way, the state represents what this election is really all about. it is a philosophical, almost moldavite between those who believe that government money has helped ohio and those who think it just as fervently that the government only gets in a way of the natural entrepreneurial spirit. mitt romney is campaigning hard here. >> it is freedom that drives america. >> introducing him at a rally was this woman. >> i am not a politician, i'm a businesswoman. >> our business is baskets. >> this is a vision of my father who was a classic american entrepreneur. he believed t
mitt romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. we are not buying it. >> ohio has benefited from billions of dollars in bailouts for the auto industry. it has won mr. obama a lot of support. >> that affects one in 8 jobs in ohio. i don't think that you can be from ohio and talk about jobs without recognizing that. >> i think that we have some momentum. this will be like a square rather than a wheel. away from the liberal college campuses, they're not so convinced. in a way,...
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mitt romney is uniquely qualified to fix these problems. >> i'm mitt romney, approve this message. >>> the obama campaign this weekend turned to academy award winning actor with some of the best types in the business to deliver their message. >> the president inherits challenges. few have faced so many. four years later, our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. there are still challenges to meet, children to educate, a middle class to rebuild, but the last thing we should do is turn back now. >> i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >>> yes, that was morgan freeman. the obama camp is also bringing in more star power, former president clinton and bruce springsteen will team up for a rally in ohio. the boss also expected to stump for the president in iowa. >>> republicans are hammering the obama's handling of the deadly attack of the u.s. consulate in libya. lindsey graham suggested the administration deliberately covered up details. they're trying to sell a narrative that the mideast, the wars are receding and al qa
mitt romney is uniquely qualified to fix these problems. >> i'm mitt romney, approve this message. >>> the obama campaign this weekend turned to academy award winning actor with some of the best types in the business to deliver their message. >> the president inherits challenges. few have faced so many. four years later, our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. there are still challenges to meet, children to...
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and governor romney has surged after the strong performance in the first debate. the tied race shows the importance of the debate. aides of obama say heel bring a new strategy and governor romney's advisors say they are ready for the challenge. the format is very different from denver, with members of the audience asking questions, and that emphasizes connecting with common voters rather than getting aggressive with a challenger. now we have carl cameron in new york. how does a candidate prepare for this they date? >>carl: that becomes body mannerisms, body language, the vibe the candidates give off. president obama will take questions from the audience, empathize with them, and pivot and turn it into a criticism of mitt romney for what the democrats say is absence of specifics or bad math open domestic tax cut on budget policy are inexperience for foreign policy the for mitt romney it is different. he has been doing mock debate preparation with a copy of the debate stage and he is being taught how to lean into questions, how to make himself more accessible, how t
and governor romney has surged after the strong performance in the first debate. the tied race shows the importance of the debate. aides of obama say heel bring a new strategy and governor romney's advisors say they are ready for the challenge. the format is very different from denver, with members of the audience asking questions, and that emphasizes connecting with common voters rather than getting aggressive with a challenger. now we have carl cameron in new york. how does a candidate...
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, that mitt romney. it's not just sort of a flipflop, flipflop strategy here. it's a real like kind of fundamental concern. >> it's a character issue here. politicians change their minds all the time. in fact, we should respect and trust a little more a politician who will change his or her mind on a core issue. >> if they've learned something. >> abortion, climate change, immigration, gay rights. >> evolving on marriage equality. >> health care. but all of them? that's the problem with mitt romney. he has changed his position on all of those issues. how can you possibly trust that that person who has done all those things, once they get into the oval office will not change their mind again and in a way detrimental to you or to the nation. >> as excited i was about the notion that he was supporting affirmative action and given that he maven gauged in affirmative action policy for women there, that does not mean in any way that he would be supportive of it now. >> i think we should believe mitt romney whe
, that mitt romney. it's not just sort of a flipflop, flipflop strategy here. it's a real like kind of fundamental concern. >> it's a character issue here. politicians change their minds all the time. in fact, we should respect and trust a little more a politician who will change his or her mind on a core issue. >> if they've learned something. >> abortion, climate change, immigration, gay rights. >> evolving on marriage equality. >> health care. but all of them?...
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how will mitt romney challenge the president at the debate? a preview from paul ryan today >> the problem is the story continues to shift. they refuse to answer the basic questions about what happened. >> reporter: intelligence officials do have an explanation, saying they were working with multiple reports. riots in cairo, tunisia and elsewhere over the anti-muslim video. reports in the consulate about contradictions outside the consulate saying there was a protest. intercepted information, planned attacks, linked to the al-qaeda off-shoot. >> this rush to judgment during a presidential campaign i find it to be troubling and i find it to be very distasteful. >> reporter: ambassador stevens wrote this cable on september 11th, the day he was killed, warning that libyan security was too weak. still, tonight intelligence officials tell them they had no idea the attack was planned, sticking with earlier assessments, that the attackers only struck after hearing about the violence in cairo. >> we'll hear more about this, as we said, andrea mitchell,
how will mitt romney challenge the president at the debate? a preview from paul ryan today >> the problem is the story continues to shift. they refuse to answer the basic questions about what happened. >> reporter: intelligence officials do have an explanation, saying they were working with multiple reports. riots in cairo, tunisia and elsewhere over the anti-muslim video. reports in the consulate about contradictions outside the consulate saying there was a protest. intercepted...
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the first one an aggressive effective romney and obama didn't show up. it was as though it was one of his national security briefings. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> callista and i talked about it before hand and made the point if romney was as effective there as he was with me, he would be fine. nobody could have predicted the empty suit that was exhausted and incompetent he that obama was. was a different event. i think the biggest thing and callista has known paul since he has come to washington. here s a guy who was two years old when biden was elected to the u.s. senate. he spent 90 minutes as his equal and i think there is no question that paul ryan comes out of there as a bigger person than the guy who walked in that room and in addition, i think biden lied so much and was so weird i mean it was sort of a -- [ laughter ] >> it was the vice president as bozo the clown. so i think -- [ applause ] >> if you watch what is happening now, the things that biden said that were false are just to their credit this time the media is not letting go of this stor
the first one an aggressive effective romney and obama didn't show up. it was as though it was one of his national security briefings. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> callista and i talked about it before hand and made the point if romney was as effective there as he was with me, he would be fine. nobody could have predicted the empty suit that was exhausted and incompetent he that obama was. was a different event. i think the biggest thing and callista has known paul since he has come to...
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over the head with it again and again and again especially when romney says stuff like this. will also make sure that we have trade relations with china that work for us i've watched year in and year out as companies have shut down and people have lost their jobs because china has not played by the same rules. yeah he has watched year in and year out and why didn't the president just mention since saddam call romney out for being a predatory capitalism ships american jobs overseas you see romney is the face of the outsourcing of the american economy he made his living on it he made millions hundreds of millions of dollars shipping jobs out of our country and all the president has to do is just mention since saddam tell the story of since saddam exposed mitt romney over since saddam but the president didn't in fact he didn't mention since sata in three debates he had a trump card on romney and he could have played in all three debates and he chose not to and that's because he knows and romney knows that telling the story of since other means exposing what's really happening in
over the head with it again and again and again especially when romney says stuff like this. will also make sure that we have trade relations with china that work for us i've watched year in and year out as companies have shut down and people have lost their jobs because china has not played by the same rules. yeah he has watched year in and year out and why didn't the president just mention since saddam call romney out for being a predatory capitalism ships american jobs overseas you see...
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. >> reporter: the president's basic claim is that mitt romney's tax numbers do not add up, that romney's promise to lower tax rates for all families can't be paid for without cutting popular tax deductions for middle class families. last week, the vice president was specific. >> the only way you can find $5 trillion in loopholes is cut the mortgage deduction for middle class people. >> reporter: romney argues that lower rates will stimulate the economy and he is emphatic the middle class will not pay. >> i will not under any circumstances raise taxes on middle income families. >> reporter: romney's plan starts lowering tax rates 20% for everyone, a major tax cut that the nonpartisan tax policy center says will cost the federal budget $480 billion a year, roughly $5 trillion over ten years. but romney and his running mate paul ryan say they will offset those costs by reducing tax deductions. they won't say which ones. that's to be worked out with congress. but they promise they will only target the rich. >> deny those loopholes and deductions to higher income taxpayers so that more of the
. >> reporter: the president's basic claim is that mitt romney's tax numbers do not add up, that romney's promise to lower tax rates for all families can't be paid for without cutting popular tax deductions for middle class families. last week, the vice president was specific. >> the only way you can find $5 trillion in loopholes is cut the mortgage deduction for middle class people. >> reporter: romney argues that lower rates will stimulate the economy and he is emphatic the...